Yeast telomerase is capable of limited repeat addition processivity
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A conserved telomerase motif within the catalytic domain of telomerase reverse transcriptase is specifically required for repeat addition processivity.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nucleic Acids Research
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1362-4962
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg943